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222. And I will write upon him the name of my God. That this signifies their quality according to Divine truth implanted in the life is evident from the signification of writing upon any one, when it is said to be done by the Lord, as denoting to implant in the life, concerning which we shall speak presently, also from the signification of name, as denoting the quality of their state (concerning which see above n. 148); and from the signification of God, as denoting Divine truth proceeding from the Lord in heaven, and thus the Lord in heaven (see n. 220); for the Lord is above the heavens, for He appears to those who are in heaven as a Sun (as may be seen in the work, Heaven and Hell. n. 116-125). The Divine proceeding from the Sun of heaven, which is called Divine truth, and which constitutes heaven in general and in particular, is what in the Word is meant by God; hence it is that the angels are called gods, and that the term for God, in the Hebrew tongue, is Elohim, in the plural. From these considerations it is clear why the Lord here says, "the name of my God;" also above, "I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God" (n. 219), and in what follows, "I will write upon him the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God" (n. 223).
The reason why writing upon any one denotes to implant in the life is, that to write is to commit anything to paper from the memory, thought and mind, in order that it may remain; therefore, in the spiritual sense it signifies that which will remain in the life of man, inscribed and implanted in him. Thus the natural sense of this expression is turned into the spiritual sense; for it is natural to write upon paper, or in a book, but it is spiritual to inscribe on the life, which is done when it is implanted in faith and love; for love and faith constitute the spiritual life of man.
[2] Because to write signifies to implant in the life, therefore also it is said of Jehovah, or the Lord, that He writes, and that He has written in a book, by which is meant what is inscribed by the Lord on man's spirit, that is, in his heart and soul, or, what is the same, in his love and faith. As, in David:
"My bone was not hidden from thee, when I was made in secret; upon thy book were all the days written when they were formed, and not one of them is wanting" (Heaven and Hell 461-469).
[3] That to write, in the Word, signifies to inscribe and implant in the life, is also evident from other passages where it is mentioned; as in Jeremiah:
"I will put my law in the midst of them, and will write it on their heart" (31:33).
To put the law in the midst of them, denotes Divine truth in them, in the midst, signifies inwardly in man (as may be seen, 2:9, 10; 3:1-3).
By the roll of a book written within and without is signified the state of the church at that time, thus the quality of the life of those who belonged to the church; therefore the roll of the book here mentioned has a signification similar to that of the book of life mentioned above; and because their life was destitute of the goods of love and truths of faith, it is said, that "There was written thereon, lamentations, and mourning and woe."
By the law being written upon tables of stone, and with the finger of God (Exodus 31:18; Deuteronomy 4:13; 9:10),
was signified that it must be impressed on the life (Deuteronomy 27:2-4, 8; Josh. 4:3, and the following verses).
[4] In Ezekiel:
"Son of man, take thee one stick and write upon it, For Judah, and for the sons of Israel, his companions: and take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and all the house of Israel, and his companions. Afterwards join them one to another into one stick, that they may both be one in my hand" 6372, 8054: that the spiritual especially were saved by the coming of the Lord into the world, and that they were then conjoined with those who were of His celestial kingdom into one heaven, n. 2661, 2716, 2833, 2834, 3969, 6854, 6914, 7035, 7091, 7828, 7932, 8018, 8159, 8321, 9684. That there are two kingdoms, the celestial and the spiritual, and three heavens, and that they are conjoined into one heaven, may be seen in the work, Heaven and Hell 20-28, and 29-40. That by Judah, in the representative sense, is signified the Lord's celestial kingdom, Arcana Coelestia 3654, 3881, 5583, 5603, 5782, 6363: that by Joseph is signified the Lord's spiritual kingdom, n. 3969, 3971, 4669, 6417: that by Ephraim is signified the Intellectual of the spiritual church, 3969, 5354, 6222, 6234, 6238, 6267, 6296: that by wood is signified the good of love, n. 643, 3720, 8354.)
[5] In Isaiah:
"This one shall say, I am of Jehovah; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall write with his hand unto Jehovah, and surname himself by the name of Israel" (Arcana Coelestia 4286, 4570, 6424.)
[6] In Jeremiah:
"Jehovah the hope of Israel, all that forsake me shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken Jehovah, the fountain of living waters. Heal me, O Jehovah, and I shall be healed" (Arcana Coelestia 2327, 7418, 8306).
[7] Hence it, is evident what is signified by the Lord's writing with his finger on the earth, as recorded in John:
"The Scribes and Pharisees brought unto Jesus a woman taken in adultery; they said, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act." They asked whether, according to the law of Moses, she should be stoned. "Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the earth, and rising said, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. And again he stooped down, and wrote on the earth." These things being heard they went out one after another, and Jesus was left alone, and the woman to whom he said, "Where are thine accusers; hath no man condemned thee? And he said, Go and sin no more" (John 8:3-11).
By the Lord writing on the earth, is signified the same as above in Jeremiah, where it is said, "They that depart from me shall be written in the earth," namely, that they were equally condemned on account of adulteries; therefore Jesus said, "He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her."
That the Lord twice wrote on the earth in the temple, signified, in the spiritual sense, their condemnation for adulteries. For the Scribes and Pharisees were those who adulterated the goods and falsified the truths of the Word, consequently of the church; and adulteries in the spiritual sense are adulterations of good and falsifications of truth (as may be seen above, n. Mark 8:38).
222. And I will write upon him the name of My God, signifies their quality in respect to Divine truth implanted in the life. This is evident from the signification of "writing upon one," when spoken of the Lord, as being to implant in the life (of which presently); also from the signification of "name," as being quality of state (See above, n. 148); and also from the signification of "God," as being Divine truth proceeding from the Lord in heaven, thus the Lord in heaven (concerning which see above, n. 220; for the Lord is above the heavens, appearing to those who are in heaven as a sun (See the work on Heaven and Hell 116-125). The Divine proceeding therefrom, which is called Divine truth, and which makes heaven in general and in particular, is what is meant in the Word by "God;" from this it is that angels are called "gods," and that "God," in the Hebrew is Elohim, in the plural. This makes clear why the Lord here says, "the name of My God;" and above, "I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God" n. 219; and below, "I will write upon him the name of the city of My God, of the New Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from My God" n. 223.
[2] "To write upon one" means to implant in the life, because to write is to commit to paper anything from the memory, thought, or mind, that is to be preserved; in the spiritual sense, therefore, it signifies that which is to endure in man's life, inscribed on it and implanted in it. Thus the natural sense of this expression is turned into a spiritual sense; for it is natural to write upon paper and in a book, but it is spiritual to inscribe on the life, which is done when anything is implanted in the faith and love, since love and faith make man's spiritual life. Because "to write" signifies to implant in the life, it is said of Jehovah or the Lord that "He writes," and that "He has written in a book," meaning that which is inscribed by the Lord on man's spirit, that is, on his heart and soul, or what is the same, on his love and faith. Thus, in David:
My bone was not hidden from Thee when I was made in secret; upon Thy book were written all the days when they were fashioned, and not one of them is wanting (Psalms 139:15-16).
In the same :
Let them be blotted out of the book of lives, and not be written with the righteous (Psalms 69:28).
In Daniel:
The people shall be delivered, everyone that shall be found written in the book (Daniel 12:1).
In Moses:
Blot me, I pray Thee, out of the book which Thou hast written. And Jehovah said, Whosoever hath sinned against Me will I blot out of My book (Exodus 32:32-33).
In Revelation:
A book written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals, which no one could open but the Lamb only (Revelation 5:1).
Again:
All shall worship the beast whose names have not been written in the Lamb's book of life (Revelation 13:8; 17:8).
Again:
I saw that the books were opened: and another book was opened which is that of life; and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the book, 1according to their works. And if anyone was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire (Heaven and Hell 461-469).
[3] That "to write," in the Word, signifies to inscribe on and implant in the life, is clear from other passages where "writing" is mentioned. Thus in Jeremiah:
I will give My law in the midst of them, and will write it on their heart (Jeremiah 31:33).
"To give the law in the midst of them" means Divine truths in them; "in the midst" signifies inwardly with man (See Ezekiel 2:9, 10; 3:1-3).
"The roll of a book written front and back" signifies the state of the church at that time, thus what the life was of those of the church; therefore "the roll of the book" means the same as "the book of life" mentioned above; and as their life was destitute of the goods of love and the truths of faith, it is said that "there were written thereon plaints, moaning, and woe":
That the law was inscribed on tables of stone, and written with the finger of God (Exodus 31:18; Deuteronomy 4:13; 9:10); signified that it must be impressed on the life (Deuteronomy 27:2-4, 8; Joshua 4:3, seq .)
[4] In Ezekiel:
Son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah and for the sons of Israel, his fellows; and take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and of all the house of Israel, his fellows; and then join them for thee one to another into one stick, that they both may be one in My 2hand (6372, 8054; that it was the spiritual especially that were saved by the Lord's coming into the world, and that they were then conjoined with those who were of His celestial kingdom into one heaven, n. 2661, 2716, 2833, 2834, 3969, 6854, 6914, 7035, 7091, 7828, 7932, 8018, 8159, 8321, 9684. That there are two kingdoms, the celestial and spiritual, and that there are three heavens, and that these are conjoined into one heaven, see the work on Heaven 20-28, 29-40. That "Judah" in the representative sense signifies the Lord's celestial kingdom, Arcana Coelestia 3654, 3881, 5583, 5603, 5782, 6363; that " Joseph" signifies the Lord's spiritual kingdom, n. 3969, 3971, 4669, 6417; that " Ephraim" signifies the intellectual of the spiritual church, n. 3969, 5354, 6222, 6234, 6238, 6267, 6296; that "wood" signifies the good of love, n. 643, 3720, 8354.)
[5] In Isaiah:
This one shall say, I am Jehovah's; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto Jehovah, and surname himself by the name of Israel (Arcana Coelestia 4286, 4570, 6424)
[6] In Jeremiah :
O Jehovah, the hope of Israel, all that forsake Me shall be ashamed, and they that depart from Me shall be written on the earth, because they have forsaken Jehovah, the fountain of living waters. Heal me, O Jehovah, that I may be healed (Arcana Coelestia 2327), n. 2327, 7418, 8306).
[7] This makes clear what is signified by the Lord's writing with His finger in the earth in John:
The Scribes and Pharisees brought to Jesus in the temple a woman taken in adultery; and they said, This woman was taken in the very act. They asked whether she should be stoned according to the law of Moses. Jesus stooped down, and with His finger wrote in the earth; and rising He said, He that is without sin among you let him first cast a stone at her; and again stooping down, He wrote in the earth. And when they heard these things, they went out one after another; and Jesus was left alone, and the woman; and He said to her, Woman, where are thine accusers; hath no man condemned thee? And He said, Go and sin no more (John 8:2-11).
The Lord's "writing in the earth" signifies the same as above in Jeremiah, "they that depart from Me shall be written in the earth," namely, that they also were condemned on account of adulteries; therefore He said, "He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her." The Lord's "writing twice in the earth" in the temple, signified their condemnation for adulteries in the spiritual sense; for the Scribes and Pharisees were those who adulterated the goods and falsified the truths of the Word, thus of the church; and "adulteries" in the spiritual sense are adulterations of good and falsifications of truth (See above, n. Mark 8:38).
Footnotes:
1. The Greek has "books," as found in Apocalypse Explained 98, 250, 785.
2. The Hebrew has "my."
222. "Et scribam super illum nomen Dei mei." - Quod significet quale eorum secundum Divinum Verum implantatum vitae, constat ex significatione "scribere" super aliquem, cum a Domino, quod sit implantare vitae (de qua sequitur); ex significatione "nominis", quod sit quale status (de qua supra, n. 148); et ex significatione "Dei", quod Sit Divinum Verum procedens a Domino in caelo, ita Dominus ibi (de qua etiam supra, n. 220(a)); nam Dominus est supra caelos, apparet enim illis qui in caelo sunt ut Sol (videatur in opere De Caelo et Inferno 116-125) Divinum inde procedens quod vocatur Divinum Verum, et quod facit caelum in communi et in parte, est quod in Verbo intelligitur per "Deum"; inde est quod angeli dicantur "dii", et quod Deus in lingua Hebraea dicatur Elohim in plurali. Ex his patet cur Dominus hic dicit "Nomen Dei mei"; ac supra, "Faciam illum columnam in templo Dei mei" (n. 219); ac infra, "Scribam super illum nomen civitatis Dei mei, Novae Hierosolymae quae descendit e caelo a Deo meo" (n. 223).
[2] Quod "scribere" super aliquem sit implantare vitae, est quia scribere est ex memoria, cogitatione et mente emittere in chartam id quod permansurum est; quare in spirituali sensu significat id quod permansurum est in vita hominis, illi inscriptum et implantatum. Sic vertitur sensus naturalis vocis illius in sensum spiritualem; nam naturale est scribere super charta et in libro, sed spirituale est inscribere vitae, quod fit cum implantatur fidei et amori, nam amor et fides faciunt vitam spiritualem hominis. Quia "scribere" significat implantare vitae, ideo etiam dicitur de Jehovah seu Domino quod "scribat" et "scripserit in libro"; per quod intelligitur id quod a Domino inscriptum est spiritui hominis, hoc est, ejus cordi et animae, seu quod idem, ejus amori et fidei:
- Ut apud Davidem,
"Non latuit Te os meum, cum factus sum in occulto;... super libro tuo omnes scripti sunt dies, quibus formati, et non unus ex illis deest" (Psalms 139:15, 16):
apud eundem,
"Deleantur e libro vitarum, et cum justis non scribantur" (Psalms 69:29 [B.A. 28]):
apud Danielem,
"Eripietur populus omnis qui invenitur scriptus in libro" (12:1):
apud Mosen,
"Dele me quaeso e libro quem scripsisti: et dixit Jehovah, Illum qui peccavit Mihi, delebo e libro meo" (Exodus 32:32, 33):
in Apocalypsi,
"Liber scriptus intus et a tergo, obsignatus septem sigillis", quem nemo potuit aperire quam solus Agnus (5:1, seq.):
alibi,
Adorabunt bestiam "omnes quorum non scripta sunt nomina in libro vitae Agni" (13:8; 17:8):
alibi,
"Vidi... quod libri aperti sint; et liber alius apertus qui est vitae, et judicati sunt mortui juxta ea quae scripta sunt in 1
libris secundum opera eorum;... et si quis non inventus est in libro vitae scriptus, ejectus est in stagnum ignis" (Apocalypsis 20:12, 13, 15 2
[27]):
in his locis non intelligitur quod scripti sint in libro, sed quod omnia fidei et amoris inscripta sint spiritui hominis (ut constare potest ex illis quae in opere De Caelo et Inferno 461-469, ostensa sunt).
[3] Quod "scribere" in Verbo significet illa quae inscribuntur et implantantur vitae, patet etiam ab aliis locis ubi "scribere" dicitur:
- Ut apud Jeremiam,
"Dabo legem meam in medio eorum, et super cor eorum scribam eam" (31:33);
"dare legem in medio illorum", est Divina Vera in illis; "in medio" significat intus apud hominem (videatur n. 1074, 2940, 2973); et "illam super cor scribere" est indere amori, "cor" enim significat amorem (n. 7542, 9050, 10336).
Apud Ezechielem,
Propheta vidit volumen libri scriptum ante et post, et quod "scriptum super eo erant lamentationes, gemitus et planctus" ( 3
Ezech. 2:9, 10; 3:13);
per "volumen libri scriptum ante et post" significatur status ecclesiae tunc, ita qualis erat vita eorum qui ab ecclesia; quare simile per "volumen libri" hic significatur quod per "librum vitae" supra; et quia vita illorum absque bonis amoris et veris fidei fuit, dicitur quod "scriptum super eo essent lamentationes, gemitus et planctus." Quod Lex
Inscripta fuerit tabulis lapideis, et scripta digito Dei (Exod 31:18; Deuteronomius 4:13; 9:10),
significabat quod vitae imprimenda (n. 9416); per "Legem" enim in stricto sensu intelliguntur decem praecepta Decalogi, at in lato sensu totum Verbum (n. 6752, 7463 4
); et per "lapidem" significatur Verum, ibi Divinum Verum (n. 643, 1198, 3720, 6426, 8609, 10376). Simile significatur per
Quod super duodecim lapidibus desumptis ex Jordane scriberentur verba Legis (Deuteronomius 27:2-4, 8; Joshua 4:3, seq.).
[4] Apud Ezechielem,
"Fili hominis, sume tibi lignum unum, et scribe super illud, Jehudae et filiis Israelis et sociis; et sume lignum alterum, et scribe super illud, Josepho, lignum Ephraimi, et omnis domus Israelis et sociorum ejus: postea conjunge illa unum cum altero tibi in lignum unum, ut sint unum ambo in manu 5
quid haec significant nemo scire potest, nisi qui scit quid repraesentatum est per Jehudam, et quid per Josephum; per Jehudam repraesentatum est regnum caeleste Domini, et per Josephum regnum spirituale Ipsius; et per "scribere illos super bina ligna", significatur status amoris et inde vitae utriusque; conjunctio eorum in unum caelum significatur per quod "conjungeret unum cum altero in unum lignum, ut sint unum ambo in manu "mea." Simile per illa significatur quod per Domini verba,
"Alias etiam oves habeo, quae non sunt ex hoc ovili; illas quoque Oportet Me adducere, ... et fiet unus grex et unus Pastor" (Johannes 10:16).
Quod scriptum fuerit "super lignum", erat quia "lignum significat bonum, et bonum est quod conjungit. (Sed haec melius patebunt ex illis quae in Arcanis Caelestibus ostensa sunt: nempe, Quod regnum spirituale ante adventum Domini non fuerit sicut post adventum Ipsius, n. 6372, 8054:
quod illi praecipue salvati sint per adventum Domini in mundum, et quod tunc conjuncti illis qui a caelesti regno Domini fuerunt, in unum caelum, n. 2661, 2716, 2833, 5834, 3969, 6854, 6914, 7035, 7091, 7828, 7932, 8018, 8159, 8321, 9684. Quod duo Regna sint, caeleste et spirituale; et quod tres Caeli sint, et quod illi conjuncti in unum caelum, videatur in opere De Caelo et Inferno 20-28, et 29-40. Quod per "Jehudam" in sensu repraesentativo significetur regnum caeleste Domini, n. 3654, 3881, 5583, 5603, 5782, 6363; quod per "Josephum" regnum spirituale Domini, n. 3969, 3971, 4669, 6417; quod per "Ephraim" intellectuale ecclesiae spiritualis, n. 3969, 5354, 6222, 6234, 6238, 6267, 6296. Quod per "lignum" significetur bonum amoris, n. 643, 3720, 8354.)
[5] Apud Esaiam,
"Hic dicet, Jehovae Ego; et Ille vocabit Se nomine Jacobi; et Ille scribet manu sua Jehovae: et nomine Israelis cognominabit Se" (44:5):
haec dicuntur de Domino ac de Divino Humano Ipsius; per "Jacobum" et per "Israelem", ubi de Domino, significatur Humanum Ipsius; quod etiam id sit Jehovah intelligitur per quod "dicet, Jehovae Ego", et quod "scribet manu sua Jehovae." (Quod in supremo sensu "Israel" et "Jacob" sit Dominus, videatur n. 4286, 4570, 6424.)
[6] Apud Jeremiam,
"Spes Israelis Jehovah, omnes relinquentes Me pudefient, et (recedentes?) a Me in terra scribentur, quia deseruerunt fontem aquarum vivarum Jehovam; sana me, Jehovah, ut saner" (17:13, 14);
"in terra scribi" est condemnari propter statum vitae, quoniam per "terram" significatur damnatum (videatur n. 2327, 7418, 8306).
[7] Inde patet quid significatur per quod Dominus digito scripserit in terra, apud Johannem:
Adducebant Scribae et Pharisaei ad Jesum in templo mulierem in adulterio deprehensam; dixerunt, "Haec mulier deprehensa est in ipso facto": quaesiverunt num secundum legem Mosis lapidaretur. "Jesus incurvans Se deorsum digito scribebat in terra et surgens dixit, Qui vestrum immunis est a peccato primum in eam jaciat lapidem: et rursus incurvans Se scribebat in terra." His auditis unus post alium exivit, et derelictus est solus Jesus et mulier, cui dixit", Ubi sunt tui accusatores? nemo te condemnavit?... et dixit, Vade et ne deinceps pecca" (8:2-11);
per quod Dominus "scripserit in terra", simile significatur quod supra apud Jeremiam, "Recedentes a Me in terra scribentur", nempe quod aeque damnati essent propter adulteria; quare dixit "Qui vestrum immunis est a peccato primum in eam jaciat lapidem." Quod Dominus his "scripserit in terra" in templo, significabat damnationem eorum, ob adulteria in spirituali sensu: nam Scribae et Pharisaei erant qui adulterarunt bona et falsificaverunt vera Verbi, ita ecclesiae; et "adulteria" in spirituali sensu sunt adulterationes boni et falsificationes veri (videatur supra, n. 141, 161); quare etiam gens illa a Domino vocatur
"Gens adultera et peccatrix" (Marcus 8:38).
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